The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha assessed on Wednesday that the House Republicans’ slim majority is partly why the cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency are not included in the “big, beautiful bill” that was passed last week.

Elon Musk, who spearheaded DOGE, recently expressed disappointment with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, specifically regarding how it “undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing” by increasing the deficit. Concha, a senior writer for the Washington Examiner, noted that Musk’s opinion reflects other Republicans’ sentiments about prioritizing fiscal responsibility, including those of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ron Johnson (R-WI). Concha noted, however, that President Donald Trump is focused on providing “wins” to voters.